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11-letter words containing k, s, t, a

  • palk strait — a strait in the Bay of Bengal between SE India and N Sri Lanka, to the N of Adam's Bridge. 40–85 miles (64–137 km) wide.
  • park forest — a city in NE Illinois.
  • peace talks — negotiations aimed at ending conflict
  • perestroika — Russian. the program of economic and political reform in the Soviet Union initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1986.
  • phitsanulok — a city in central Thailand.
  • piatigorsky — Gregor [greg-er] /ˈgrɛg ər/ (Show IPA), 1903–76, U.S. cellist, born in Russia.
  • plasterwork — finish or ornamental work done in plaster.
  • plisetskaya — Maya (Mikhailovna) [mah-yuh myi-khahy-luh v-nuh] /ˈmɑ yə myɪˈxaɪ ləv nə/ (Show IPA), 1925–2015, Soviet ballet dancer.
  • pond-skater — any of various heteropterous insects of the family Gerrididae, esp Gerris lacustris (common pond-skater), having a slender hairy body and long hairy legs with which they skim about on the surface of ponds
  • prick-tease — a woman who is sexually provocative but refuses to engage in sexual activity
  • prokaryotes — any cellular organism that has no nuclear membrane, no organelles in the cytoplasm except ribosomes, and has its genetic material in the form of single continuous strands forming coils or loops, characteristic of all organisms in the kingdom Monera, as the bacteria and blue-green algae.
  • punji stake — a sharp bamboo stake concealed in high grass at an angle so as to gash the feet and legs of enemy soldiers and often coated with excrement so as to cause an infected wound.
  • ra-ra skirt — a short skirt with two or more overlapping 'tiers' of material or flounces (based originally on skirts worn by US cheerleaders)
  • rail strike — a strike by railway workers
  • rankshifted — that has been shifted from one linguistic rank to another
  • rathskeller — (in Germany) the cellar of a town hall, often used as a beer hall or restaurant.
  • rattlesnake — any of several New World pit vipers of the genera Crotalus and Sistrurus, having a rattle composed of a series of horny, interlocking elements at the end of the tail.
  • rickettsial — any member of the genus Rickettsia, comprising rod-shaped to coccoid microorganisms that resemble bacteria but can be as small as a large virus and reproduce only inside a living cell, parasitic in fleas, ticks, lice, and mites and transmitted by bite to vertebrate hosts, including humans, causing such severe diseases as typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
  • ringstraked — ring-streaked.
  • risk factor — a condition, behavior, or other factor that increases risk: Smoking is a major risk factor for cancer; depression as a risk factor in suicide.
  • risk-taking — courting danger or loss
  • rock steady — the style of vocalized Jamaican popular music that succeeded ska and preceded reggae in the 1960s, influenced by American soul music and having a more upbeat tempo with emphasis on electric bass and guitar rather than on horns.
  • rollerskate — a form of skate with four wheels or rollers instead of a runner, for use on a sidewalk or other surface offering traction.
  • round steak — a steak cut from directly above the hind leg of beef.
  • safety hook — a hook that can be transformed into an eye by locking a hinged piece in place.
  • safety lock — a lock designed to prevent picking.
  • saint kilda — a group of volcanic islands in the Atlantic, in the Outer Hebrides: uninhabited since 1930; bird sanctuary
  • saint kitts — one of the Leeward Islands, in the E West Indies: part of St. Kitts-Nevis; formerly a British colony. 68 sq. mi. (176 sq. km).
  • salt shaker — a container for salt with a perforated top to allow the salt to be shaken out.
  • saltchucker — a saltwater angler
  • sand-struck — (of bricks) made with a mold lined with sand to permit freeing.
  • sato eisaku — 1901–75, Japanese statesman: prime minister (1964–72). During his term of office Japan became a major economic power. He shared the Nobel peace prize (1974) for opposing the proliferation of nuclear weapons
  • sauk centre — a town in central Minnesota: model for town in Sinclair Lewis's novel Main Street.
  • savannakhet — a city in S central Laos.
  • schecklaton — a gilded leather used for embroidering jacks
  • scratchback — an implement for scratching the back
  • septic tank — a tank in which solid organic sewage is decomposed and purified by anaerobic bacteria.
  • shake on it — to shake hands in agreement, reconciliation, etc
  • sheep track — a pathway made by and used by sheep, often in rocky or mountainous terrain, and sometimes followed by hikers
  • shelftalker — a promotional sign used by a retailer to draw attention to a featured product on the shelf
  • shell steak — a cut of steak from the short loin
  • shirtjacket — a jacket styled like a shirt
  • sidetracked — any railroad track, other than a siding, auxiliary to the main track.
  • silk thread — thread that is manufactured from silk
  • silk-tassel — any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Garrya, of the western U.S., having evergreen foliage and flowers in pendulous catkins.
  • singletrack — (of a railroad or section of a railroad's route) having but one set of tracks, so that trains going in opposite directions must be scheduled to meet only at points where there are sidings.
  • sir patrick — Norman Bel [bel] /bɛl/ (Show IPA), 1893–1958, U.S. industrial and stage designer and architect.
  • skatemobile — a scooterlike vehicle built of boxes, boards, or the like, and mounted on skate wheels.
  • skeptically — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
  • skip tracer — an investigator whose job is to locate missing persons, especially debtors.
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